using-tmux-for-interactive-commands

SKILL.md

Interactive CLI tools (vim, interactive git rebase, REPLs, etc.) cannot be controlled through standard bash because they require a real terminal. tmux provides detached sessions that can be controlled programmatically via send-keys and capture-pane.

| Start session | tmux new-session -d -s | | Send input | tmux send-keys -t 'text' Enter | | Capture output | tmux capture-pane -t -p | | Stop session | tmux kill-session -t | | List sessions | tmux list-sessions |

For easier use, see /home/jesse/git/interactive-command/tmux-wrapper.sh:

Use when you need to run interactive CLI tools (vim, git rebase -i, Python REPL, etc.) that require real-time input/output - provides tmux-based approach for controlling interactive sessions through detached sessions and send-keys Source: ovachiever/droid-tings.

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